Prestige 334W User’s Guide

 

 

Table 8-8 Wireless: 802.1x and No WEP

 

 

 

 

LABEL

 

DESCRIPTION

 

 

ReAuthentication

Specify how often wireless stations have to reenter usernames and passwords in

Timer (in seconds)

order to stay connected. Enter a time interval between 10 and 9999 seconds. The

 

default time interval is 1800 seconds (30 minutes).

 

 

 

 

 

 

If wireless station authentication is done using a RADIUS

 

 

server, the reauthentication timer on the RADIUS server has

 

 

priority.

 

 

 

Idle Timeout

The Prestige automatically disconnects a wireless station from the wired network

 

after a period of inactivity. The wireless station needs to enter the username and

 

password again before access to the wired network is allowed. The default time

 

interval is 3600 seconds (or 1 hour).

Authentication

The authentication database contains wireless station login information. The local

Databases

user database is the built-in database on the Prestige. The RADIUS is an external

 

server. Use this drop-down list box to select which database the Prestige should use

 

(first) to authenticate a wireless station.

 

Before you specify the priority, make sure you have set up the corresponding

 

database correctly first.

 

Select Local User Database Only to have the Prestige just check the built-in user

 

database on the Prestige for a wireless station's username and password.

 

Select RADIUS Only to have the Prestige just check the user database on the

 

specified RADIUS server for a wireless station's username and password.

 

Select Local first, then RADIUS to have the Prestige first check the user database

 

on the Prestige for a wireless station's username and password. If the user name is

 

not found, the Prestige then checks the user database on the specified RADIUS

 

server.

 

Select RADIUS first, then Local to have the Prestige first check the user database

 

on the specified RADIUS server for a wireless station's username and password. If

 

the Prestige cannot reach the RADIUS server, the Prestige then checks the local

 

user database on the Prestige. When the user name is not found or password does

 

not match in the RADIUS server, the Prestige will not check the local user database

 

and the authentication fails.

 

 

Preamble

Select a preamble type from the drop-down list menu. Choices are Long, Short or

 

Dynamic. The default setting is Long. See the section on preamble for more

 

information.

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